#superbat fics

(P.S. if you don’t ship this, just don’t read the damn fics, okay?!)

Lost time without you- rotasha - DCU [archive of our own]

tell all the truth (but tell it slant) - susiecarter - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice [Archive of Our Own]

A Thousand Ways to Fall in Love (But There is Only You) - MaskoftheRay - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

Love, Changing Tenses - susiecarter - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice [Archive of Our Own]

Nothing You Can't Do - linndechir - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice [Archive of Our Own]

Nor The Rain - Romany - DCU (Comics) [Archive of Our Own]

Puppy Love, or, the Dog Prince - Mithen - DCU - Comicverse [Archive of Our Own]

The Shadowed Clouds - BradyGirl_12 - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

Superbat: Superman? Superman! - Colorful_Buttons - DCU [Archive of Our Own]

cross your mind - allspark13 - DCU (Comics) [Archive of Our Own]

About that meeting… - Eevee_the_cat - Superman - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]

Crushed (Smut)

“He’s secretly a sweetheart, Ma, but you’ll never catch him cracking a smile,” Clark finally pipes up from the driver’s seat, casting a quick, teasing look at Bruce. God, take him away. 

“Oh, but when he came over for homemade ice cream, he smiled,” Martha waves a hand. Bruce is about to tell her that that is, in fact, the extent of the emotes his face can pull off, but Clark cuts over him. 

“No, no, when you really make him laugh, he grins, full-on,” Clark chuckles. “Teeth and all. He’s quite the charmer when he stops acting like a raincloud.”

Bruce can feel himself go red from his ears to his toes; from embarrassment or other, impossible to tell. “Clark.”

“Don’t ‘Clark’ me, B,” Clark laughs. “I’m not going to keep all your secrets.”

This delights Martha, who spends the whole rest of the drive telling awful stories about Clark as a child in an attempt to make Bruce crack a grin. She gets awfully close, but Bruce would be caught dead before he admits that. 

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another osis snippet because i am a shameless self-promoter ^_^ my shaylassss they’re so 🥹 i loved writing this scene bc i love putting bruce thru emotion torture mwahahah

🧼 lay your hands 🧼

↳ superbat one-shot fic

↳ bruce wayne/clark kent

↳ bruce pov

↳ established & developing relationship, bathing together, comfort, domesticity

↳ robert pattinson as bruce

↳ david corenswet as clark

↳ 15k words

No worries, I just wanted to be sure before I started rattling off my little list ^^ Superbat fic recs so far!

i call to all superbat fans- please drop some top tier superbat fics in the comments ( i am starving in the desert over here )

📜 *unfurls scroll* 📜 ones i have already read consist of the following

( 🌟 = favs / my recs to you )

• Gotham is Burning. by istayniche 🌟

• rainy days by mikaminato 🌟

• Whoever Falls First by liodain 🌟

• Certain Obscure Things by liodain 🌟

• A Few Pages from This Closed Book by liodain 🌟

• Boy, You're an Alien. by fzanchikk 🌟

• Your Touch So Foreign. by fzanchikk 🌟

• 50 Shades of Wayne by susiecarter 🌟

• Every Inch of You by acatcam

• Stoic by Viti

• miscellanea by pomeloquat

• To the Sun that never rose again by ssseashell

• Truth Be Told by NephriteKnight

• How Best friends Lust After Each Other by Wallywalls1

• let's give 'em something to talk about by butchyaoi

• Fake Empires by copperbadge

• In the Face of Justice by esthete

• Interview with a Batman by Mithen

• Be A Hero! Donate Blood Today by Mild and Hammered (pillage_and_lute)

• I Slant Devoutly (Birdbrain) by bloodvvitch

• scramble by IHadHimOnTheRopes (CarterReid), rory_gone_mattie (rosetinteddays)

• hands to tremble all over • mission parameters <- ( both by shipyrds )

• Kneel and Worship • A Shoulder to Cry On • Hiding in Plain Sight <- ( all by frozenpotions )

• Ride the Cowboy • Sweet like Tea <- ( both by LovestruckTomato )

For me it is mostly because of Clark’s characterization.

It is so so clear that so many authors have never even interacted with any Superman media but have just seen the many many Batman/Superman panels that are shared online. I’ll be reading a fic, and Bruce’s characterization will be on point, but then Clark will do or say something so out of character that I rage quit.

Clark is not just the sun to Batman’s darkness. He has his own agency. He is not happy all the time. He carries immense pain with him, similar to Batman.

He often isolates himself, both mentally and physically (heck his equivalent for the Batcave is called the fortress of solitude for a reason.)

He struggles with his relationships so so much. He also struggles to be a good parent to Jon at times. He struggles greatly in finding a balance between being Clark and Superman. He struggles with the weight of his role. His struggles with what the media says about him. He struggles to keep I’m control (or to show people he is in control and shouldn’t be feared.) He struggles to feel Kryptonian. He struggles to feel human. He struggles against xenophobia.

He shares a lot of the struggles of the immigrant community here in the U.S. (specially the Jewish immigrant community in the 1930s) because that’s who he was originally written by.

Some adaptations have done harm to the character, just like they have for Batman, but if Batman still gets to get depth, why not Superman?

Also don’t get me started on the fact that most Superbat fics are centered on Batman instead of Superman. Why does it not surprise me that people write more about the white rich guy instead of the immigrant?

But that’s a rant for another time.